Car-seal.



P. SCHMITZ.

CAR SEAL.

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PAMPI-IILUS SCHMITZ, OF SAN'FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA. p

CAR-SEAL.

Y Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 20, 1917.

Application led .Tune 14, 1916. Serial No. 103,667.

To all 'whom t may concern.'

ment to freight cars and the like, wherebyV the goods therein cannot betampered with or a fraud committed without detection, and to this endthe invention includes a main casing in which is inclosed and locked apart of an identication strip, the other part being detached, before theseal is locked, ,and separately forwarded to the same destination as thegoods.

Another object is to provide a novel means for locking the identicationstrip in the main casing of the seal including, in addition tosaid maincasing, an auxiliary casing or compartment in which is mounted a lockingdevice for receiving the ends of a shackle member and retaining the samein locking position. This shackle member engagea, when in lockingposition, a closure member which incloses the identification strip andthereby prevents fraudulent removal yor substitution of the same.

The inventive idea involved is capable of receiving a variety ofmechanical expressions, one of which, for the purpose of illustratingthe invention, is shownl in the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1is a perspective view of the seal in locked position.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view thereof.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary section illustrating the manner inwhich the shackle member is locked in position.

Fig. Ltis a section on the line 4-1 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a portion of the shackle member.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the locking device for securing theshackle member in locking position.

Fig. 7 is a perspective view, partly broken away, of the body portion ofthe seal.

Fig. Fig. 7.

There is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, what is now believedto be a preferred form of the invention, in which, the body portion 10of the seal is preferably 8 is al section on the line 8 8 of r formedfrom a single piece of material such as steel, brass or other strongmetal. This metal is bent to provide the main casing 11 having sides 12and an end 13. The other end 1:1 of the main casing 11 is formed by acontinuation of the back of said casing which is bent to provide anauxiliary casing 15 for receiving the shacklelocking 'device 15, whichwill presently be more specifically described. 1n forming the auxiliarycasing 15 the material is bent so that the top of said auxiliary easingalso provides the end 14C of the main casing 11. A sulicient length ofmaterial remains after forming the two sections 11 and 15 to provide aclosure member 17 formed by extending the remaining portion of saidmaterial along the bottom of the casing 11 and then bending saidmaterial upon itself.

The closure member 17 which is preferably in the form of a fiat plate isadapted to receive an identification strip 18 between it and the portionof the material resting upon the bottom of the casing 11. Thisidentification strip is preferably made of a single length ofwater-proof paper or parchment one end of which is secured in the bottomof the casing by means of indissoluble cement, paste or the like and thematerial of the bottom and also the portion resting thereon is stampedout to provide eyelets 19 the flanges of which are bent over the strip,as best shown in Fig. 8. Intermediate the ends of the strip 18 the sameis provided with a transverse perforated or weakened line 36 upon whichis written any name with waterproof ink in such manner that portionsthereof extendboth above'and below said line. The portion'of the strip18 between the line 36 and the free end thereof also has the same namewritten thereon, with waterproof ink and said portion of the strip isdetached before the same is locked and sent to the same destination asthe goods. When said goods are received, proper identification may bemade by matching the ends of the strip where the same has beenperforated, and it will be apparent that, by reason of 'the eyeletfastenings 19 and the use of indissoluble cement, or the like, theportion of the strip remaining in the casing cannot be removed andreplaced without detection. This fact affords absolute proof of anytampering with the contents of the car, for if said portion or stripcould be removed without damage thereto, the same could be used in a newcasing. lf desired, the numer of the car may also be stamped on the backof the casing.

The closure plate or member 17 is preferably locked in position so thataccess cannot be had to the strip 18 therebeneatli, and to this endthere is provided a shackle member 20 preferably of U-shaped formationand having its ends provided with Vflat transverse heads 21 ofsubstantially spear shape having locking` shoulders 22. The ends of theshackle member are inserted through openings 23 formed in the end 13 ofthe casing 11, and extend exteriorly of the closure member 17. so thatthe same cannot be pulled outwardly. rlhe ends of the sides 12 of thecasing 11 adjacent the end 14 thereof are provided with Hanges 24 whichare turned inwardly and abut said end 14. The end 14 and flanges 24 areprovided with registering openings 25 and 26 respectivelyT in alinementwith the openings 23 in the end 13, and adapted to receive the heads 21of the shackle member 20.

rlfhe auxiliary casing 15 receives therein the locking device 1G whichis preferably of a box-like formation and which has its top 27 providedadjacent each end thereof with indentations 28 having openings 29therein which are in vertical alinement with-the openings 23, 25 and 26.After the locking device 16 is placed in position in the auxiliarycasing 15 the end flanges 30 are inserted between the top 27 of saidlocking device and the flanges 24, said flanges 3() being also providedwith indentations 32 and openings 33, the latter registerinoQ with theopenings 29 formed in the top 2? and indentations 28 of the lockingdevice. A pair of shackle engaging members 34 in the form of steel wiresare arranged along the top 27 of the locking device and their ends areinserted through openings 35 formed in said top whereby the end portionsof said members 34 will extend beneath said top, a portion thereof beingexposed through the openings 29. lt will thus be seenthat by forcing theshackle member 2O inwardly the heads 21 will eventually contact with theexposed portions of the members 34 and spread the same apart until saidheads have passed beyond said wires whereupon the latter will springback into normal position and engage the shoulders22 of said heads andedectually prevent the shackle from being withdrawn.

What is claimed is:

l. 'A seal comprising a body portion formed from a single piece ofmaterial bent to provide a main casing, an auxiliary casing and aclosure in said main casing, an identification strip having one endsecured in said main casing and inclosed therein by said closure, alocking device mounted in said auxiliary casing, and a shackle memberextending through said main casing and locked in position by saidlocking device for retaining said closure in closing position.

2. A seal comprising a body portion formed from a single piece ofmaterial bent to provide a main casing, an auxiliary casing and aclosure in said main casing, an identification strip having one endsecured in said main casing and inclosed therein by said closure, alocking device mounted in said auxiliary casing, and means automaticallylocked in position by the insert-ion thereof into the locking device forretaining said closure in closing position.

3. A seal comprising a main casing, an identification strip securedtherein, a ciosure for said strip forming a portion of said casing, alocking device associated with said main casing, and a shackle memberengaging said closure and locked by said locking device to retain saidclosure in closing position.

4. A seal comprising a main casing, an identification strip securedtherein, a closure for said strip, a locking device associated with saidmain casing, a shackle meniber extending through said casing and lockedby said locking device to retain said closure in closing position, andan auxiliary casing at one end of said main casing for inclosing saidlocking device.

5. A seal comprising a casing, an identiication strip having one endsecured therein, a closure for said strip forming a portion of saidcasing, and means extending into one end of said casing and projectingthrough the other end thereof and engaging said closure for retainingthe same in closing position.

6. A seal comprising a casing, an identilication strip having one endsecured therein, a closure for said strip forming a portion of saidcasing, through said casing and engaging said closure for retaining thesame in closing position, a locking device associated with said casingand engaging said means for locking the same in retaining position, andan auxiliary casing forming a portion of said main casing for inclosingsaid locking device.

7. A seal comprising a main casing, an identification strip ofwaterproof material therein, a closure for said strip, a locking deviceassociated with said casing and having openings therein, and includingresilient locking members having portions thereof arranged contiguous tosaid openings, and a shackle member extending through said meansextending main casing and engaging said closure for retaining the samein closing position, said shackle member also projecting into theopenings in said locking device and engaging said locking memberswhereby the hasp is locked in retaining position.

8. A seal comprising a main casing, an identification strip therein, aclosure for said strip, a locking device associated with said casing andhaving openings therein, and including resilient locking members havingportions thereof arranged contiguous to said openings, and a shacklemember extendthrough said main casingand engaging said closure forretaining the same in closing position, the ends of said shackle memberhaving heads to provide locking shoulders for engaging the lockingmembers of said device whereby said shackle is locked in retainingposition.

9. A seal comprising a single sheet of material bent to form a maincasing and an auxiliary casing, an identification strip secured in saidmain casing, a closure for said identification strip also forming a partof the material of which said casing is made, a shackle member extendingthrough said main casing and engaging said closure for retaining thesame in closing position, said shackle member also projecting into saidauxiliary casing, and means in said auxiliary casing for locking saidshackle member in position.

10. A seal comprising a single sheet of material bent to form a maincasing, and an auxiliary casing, an identification strip secured in saidmain casing, a closure for said identiiication strip also forming a partof the material of Which said casing is made, a shackle member extendingthrough ysaid main casing and engaging said lclosure for retaining thesame in closing position, and means in said auxiliary casing andautomatically actuated by the insertion ofsaid shackle member into saidauxiliary casing for locking said shackle member in position.

l1. A seal comprising a single sheet of material bent to ormv a maincasing and an auxiliary casing, an identiiication strip in said maincasing, a, closure'for said strip, a locking device in said auxiliarycasing and a shackle member extending through said main casing andlocked by said locking device in said auxiliary casing, to retain saidclosure in closing position.

PAMPHILUS SCHMITZ. Witnesses l?. J.l HAsKINs, CHARLES C. SULLIVAN.

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